the clock
noun
1
: a clock that is used in sports and that shows how much time remains for a particular part of a game
They were winning by 2 points with 10 seconds (left) on the clock.
They stopped the (game) clock with eight seconds remaining.
2
: a special clock that is used to record the times when an employee starts and stops working : time clock
I punched the clock at 8:45 and started working right away.
3
chiefly British
: a device that shows how far a vehicle has traveled
a car with 100,000 miles on the clock
Examples of the clock in a Sentence
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And as the clock continues to tick, House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a Springfield Democrat, has filed her own bill to renew the taxes.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
In that moment, several dozen faculty activists volunteered to join the students in shifts around the clock at their encampment on campus.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Hours of operation: The Living Room is open around the clock year-round.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Others include spending a night in the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, staying in the clock room in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, or sleeping in a bedroom in a Minneapolis, Minnesota home purchased by musician Prince after it was featured in the film Purple Rain.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 2 May 2024
Salvage and demolition crews were still working around the clock to clear wreckage from the collapse site.
—Brian Witte, Fortune, 2 May 2024
The goal is for the trucks, which can run nearly around the clock without any breaks, to speed the flow of goods, accelerating delivery times and perhaps lowering costs.
—Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2024
First, inside the Spotify library installation promoting the release, which popped up on Tuesday at the Grove in Los Angeles, Swift left her first easter egg: the clock above the card catalogue was set to 2:00.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
So once The Jinx releases, and the clock is ticking.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
In that moment, several dozen faculty activists volunteered to join the students in shifts around the clock at their encampment on campus.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Hours of operation: The Living Room is open around the clock year-round.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Others include spending a night in the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, staying in the clock room in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, or sleeping in a bedroom in a Minneapolis, Minnesota home purchased by musician Prince after it was featured in the film Purple Rain.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 2 May 2024
Salvage and demolition crews were still working around the clock to clear wreckage from the collapse site.
—Brian Witte, Fortune, 2 May 2024
The goal is for the trucks, which can run nearly around the clock without any breaks, to speed the flow of goods, accelerating delivery times and perhaps lowering costs.
—Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2024
First, inside the Spotify library installation promoting the release, which popped up on Tuesday at the Grove in Los Angeles, Swift left her first easter egg: the clock above the card catalogue was set to 2:00.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
So once The Jinx releases, and the clock is ticking.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
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“The clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20clock. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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